All ODU theses and dissertations since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles to 1976 of dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
To browse dissertations and theses by academic department or program, please go to the Research by College, Department, Center page.
At some point, backfiles for all master's theses will be scanned and added. In the meantime, consult the library guide for "Dissertations & Theses" to find older items in print.
See the Graduate School site for information on submitting your ETD.
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Thesis: Validation of Passive Air Sampling Monitors Onboard United States Navy Submarines, Larry A. McFarland
Dissertation: An Empirical Analysis of the Critical Determinants Affecting Commitment and Performance of the U. S. Firm in the South African Market: Apartheid Versus Post-Apartheid, Sonja Pollard Mitchell
Dissertation: Multicast Services for Multimedia Collaborative Applications, Emad Eldin Mohamed Mohamed
Thesis: The Effects of Education and Exposure on College Students' Perceptions of Dating Violence, Kristian Moore
Thesis: Induction of Apoptosis in Human Prostate Cancer Cells by Resveratrol, Gary Zulfikar Morris
Dissertation: The Market and Ethics: The Case of the 1994 Decision by the Clinton Administration to Delink China's Human Rights Record From Most-Favored-Nation Status, Susan C. Morris
Thesis: Perceptions of Clinical Psychologists Relative to Other Mental Health Providers, Glenora Nelson
Dissertation: Buckets: Smart Objects for Digital Libraries, Michael L. Nelson
Thesis: Towards Quantification of Active Sand Volume in the Nearshore Profile, Sukru Serkan Ozger
Thesis: Kicking at the Closet Door: The Opinions, Attitudes, and Experiences of Military Homosexuals, Rodney Lee Parks
Dissertation: Investigations on the Use of Ion Mobility Spectrometry for Clinical Chemistry Applications, Henri Parson Patten
Thesis: An Exploratory Study of Domestic Violence Attitudes Among Virginia Magistrates, Elaine M. Phillips
Dissertation: The Concept and Practice of Representative Democracy in Post-Communist Eastern Europe, Georgeta V. Pourchot
Dissertation: Phenomenological Description of Double-Pion Photoproduction, Andry M. Rakotovao
Dissertation: Experimental Investigation of Long-Lived "ZEKE" Rydberg States in Ultracold Argon, Gambhir Ranjit
Dissertation: Advanced Atmospheric Water Vapor Dial Detection System, Tamer Refaat
Thesis: An Ultrastructural Survey of the Nuchal Glands of Rhabdophis tigrinus (Serpentes: Colubridae), Kathleen A. Roberts
Thesis: An Investigation Into the Relationship Between Language Attitudes and Academic Performance in Northampton County, Virginia, Public Schools, Glenda L. Rose
Dissertation: Curvilinear Interface Methodology for Finite-Element Applications, Ollie James Rose
Dissertation: The Influence of Selected Noncognitive Variables on the Academic Success of Urban Black High School Males in an Enrichment Pre-College Program, Leon Rouson
Dissertation: Implementation Theory and Determinants for Success: A Case Study of Televised Distance Learning Implementation in an Urban University, Deanne Shuman
Dissertation: An Assessment of the Links Between International Diversification, Product Diversification, Performance and Risk Within Service Corporations, Sally Ann Sledge
Dissertation: A Content Analysis of Advertising in Magazines Directed at United States and United Kingdom Seniors, Ray Markham Smith
Dissertation: A Power Structure Study of an Urban Superintendent's Tenure in the City of Virginia Beach, 1967–1986, Sophia V. Stubblefield
Dissertation: Detection and Modeling of Radiation Induced Effects in Tissues by Dielectric Spectroscopy, Dorin A. Todor
Dissertation: Virtual Compton Scattering in the Nucleon Resonance Region, Luminita Anca Todor
Dissertation: Pretrial Release in Virginia: Investigating the Influence of Defendant Characteristics and Community Type on Pretrial Outcome, Marie L. VanNostrand
Dissertation: An Examination of a Multidimensional Model of Customer Satisfaction with Internet Purchasing, Kathleen VanScoyoc
Thesis: Victims Confront Offenders: An Exploratory Study of Victim Satisfaction During Mediation, Krystal C. Walton
Thesis: Biological and Physical Observations on Larval Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) Recruiting to Oregon and Ocracoke Inlets North Carolina, Thomas R. Wasaff
Dissertation: Pulsed Optoacoustics in Solids, Zibiao Wei
Dissertation: Evaluation of Fish Scale Chemistry for Determining Habitat Associations, Brian Kenneth Wells
Dissertation: Precision Measurement of the Spin Structure of the Proton and the Deuteron, Frank R. Wesselmann
Thesis: Political Culture and Women's Political Activity in Post Communist Ukraine A Case Study of the 1994 Elections, Tonja M. Wilt
Thesis: Developing a Parametric Cost Model for Operating Costs of Army Ground Combat Weapon Systems, James O. Winbush Jr.
Thesis: Fourier Transform Raman Spectroscopy for Process Control in the Petroleum Industry, Kent Lawson Wise
Dissertation: Telomerase Activity in Human Preimplantation Embryos, Diane Lynne Wright
Dissertation: Human Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (hGnRH) Gene Expression and Hormone Regulation in Human Placental JEG-3 Cells, Heming Zheng
Dissertation: Explanatory Power of the Behavior Model of Utilization for Pediatric Asthma Health Care in an Urban Managed Care Setting, Kathie Marie Sawyer Zimbro
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Dissertation: Large Amplitude Pitching of Supermaneuver Delta Wings Including Flow Control, Yahia A. Abdelhamid
Thesis: Home Health Nurses: Are They Satisfied With Their Work Environment, Said Abu Salem
Thesis: The Accuracy of Nitrous Oxide Passive Dosimeters as Compared With an Infra-Red Spectrographic Reference Method, Susan Allen
Thesis: Abnormal Electrical Potentials in Lower Limb Muscles After Ankle Sprain Grades I, II and III, Talal A. Al-Shatti
Thesis: Social Disorganization Theory the Effect of Social and Economic Factors on Crime and Delinquency, Tonya G. Anderson
Thesis: An Analysis of Student Attitudes Toward Old Dominion University's TELETECHNET: A Comparison of Traditional and Non-Traditional Sites, Michael G. Bisciglia
Dissertation: Surface Resistance Measurements of Superconducting Niobium Samples with a Triaxial Cavity, Paul Martin Boccard
Dissertation: Production of Copper-Complexing Ligands in Response to Elevated Concentrations of Copper in Marine Synechococcus spp., Arunsri Chatkaeomorakot Brown
Thesis: A Study of Community Satisfaction, Environmental Concern, and Attitudes Toward Development on Virginia's Eastern Shore, Tasha M. Brown
Dissertation: Competitive Interaction: The Influence of Strategic Group Structure, Sherry M. Burlingame
Dissertation: Program Practices in an Urban School District for Serving Students Identified as Emotionally Disturbed in the Least Restrictive Environment, Leigh L. Butler
Thesis: Medicaid Fraud: Medical Students' and Physicians' Attitudes and Perceptions, Kristin M. Byars
Thesis: Zinc Speculation and Ligand Fluxes in Chesapeake Bay and Elizabeth River Pore Waters, Duncan Glover Byers
Dissertation: Construction of an Escherichia coli lac Repressor-Based System to Study Human Cytomegalovirus Gene Expression, Laura Fernanda Cageao-Luchetti
Dissertation: Transgenerational Attachment, Life Stress, and the Development of Disruptive Behavior in Preschool Children, Mary Jane Call
Thesis: The Effect of Illicit Drugs on the Cardiovascular and Hormonal Responses in Pregnant Rabbits, Andrea Alana Chambliss
Thesis: The Comparison of Gait Characteristics Between Older Adults Who Do Tai-Chi Chuan and Older Adults Who Do Not Do Tai-Chi Chuan, Shu-Ya Chen
Dissertation: Tissue-Specific Expression and Steroid Hormone Regulation of Human Gonadotropin -Releasing Hormone (hGnRH) Gene in Placental Cells (JEG -3 cells), Zhengguang Chen
Dissertation: Setpoint Tracking Predictive Control in Chemical Processes Based on System Identification, Sinchai Chinvorarat
Thesis: Buying for the Cold War: Influences on Air Force Procurement, 1945-1956, William Cline
Dissertation: A Numerical Solution of Low-Energy Neutron Boltzmann Equation, Martha Sue Clowdsley
Thesis: Hanover Courthouse: The Union's Tactical Victory and Strategic Failure, Jerry Joseph Coggeshall
Dissertation: The Effects of Inclusion of Students with Learning Disabilities on Urban Fourth-Grade General Education Students, Brenda E. Cox
Dissertation: An Analysis of Two Forms of Self-Defense Training and Their Impact on Women's Sense of Personal Safety Self-Efficacy, Darcy Shannon Cox
Dissertation: Classification of Participants Into Two Health Resource Utilization Groups By the Health Enrollment Assessment Review (HEAR) Survey, Jody W. Donehoo
Dissertation: Preparation and Surface Studies of Negative Electron Affinity Semiconductors Photocathodes, Khaled A. Elamrawi
Dissertation: The Parallel Organization and Employee Perceptions of Participative Leadership in a Mid-Atlantic City, Landis Denise Faulcon
Thesis: The Rape Victim's Response An Examination of the Impact of Situational Factors on Self-Protective Strategies Utilized by Sexual Assault Victims, Sharon K. Flax
Dissertation: Comparative Effects of Three Methods of Staff Development in Content Area Reading Instruction on Urban High School Teachers, Mark Alan Forget
Thesis: A Generic Object-Oriented Random Variate Model for Discrete Event Simulations Separating the Data Model from the Process Model, Palathingal Frank
Dissertation: Physical Control of Biological Processes in the Central Equatorial Pacific: A Data Assimilative Modeling Study, Marjorie Anne MacWhorter Friedrichs
Thesis: The Virginia Conservative Party, 1965-1969, Gerald Paul Gaidmore III
Dissertation: A Study of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Physicians Toward Victims of Spouse Abuse, Ramani N. Garimella
Dissertation: Continuous Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis for Aerodynamic and Acoustic Optimization, Kaveh Ghayour
Thesis: An Analysis of the Success and Failure of the Collection and Interpretation of American Intelligence, 1942-1989, Alexander Michael Gibby
Thesis: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Considering the Impact of Educational Institutions and Teacher Perceptions, Cynthia S. Glass
Thesis: Studies Related to the Design of a Magnetic Suspension and Balance System for an Ultra-High Reynolds Number Flow Facility, Oscar Magno Michael Gomeiz
Dissertation: The Long-Term Performance of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs): Venture Capitalists, Reputation of Investment Bankers, and Corporate Structure, Halit Gonenc
Dissertation: Cognitive Complexity and Empathy as Predictors of Leadership Style in an Urban College Student Population, Scott B. Harrison
Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Accelerated Reader Program in Grades 3–5 on Reading Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Attitude in an Urban Southeastern School District in Virginia, Carol Ann Howard
Dissertation: Regulation S: Offshore Equity Offerings, Marla Sue Howard
Thesis: Generation of Human chorionic gonadotropin Beta Subunit Specific Monoclonal Antibody Using a Synthetic Peptide, Zhe Huang
Dissertation: Nitrate Reductase Activity, Nitrate Uptake and Iodine Speciation in the Marine Environment, Chin-Chang Hung
Dissertation: Use of Selected MMPI-A Factors in the Prediction of Clinical Outcomes in a Community-Based Treatment Program for Juvenile Sexual Offenders, Linda Marks Hunter
Dissertation: Computational Modeling of Airborne Noise Demonstrated Via Benchmarks, Supersonic Jet, and Railway Barrier, Moumen Idres
Dissertation: Comparative Student Perception and Interactional Event Analysis in an Urban Computer-Based Distance Education Environment, Michael Shawn Ireland
Thesis: Analysis of Lunar Basalt Flows in Oceanus Procellarum Using Clementine Data, Noel William Jackson
Dissertation: The Application of Role Theory to the Sexual Harassment Paradigm: A Policy Capturing Approach, Lora L. Jacobi
Thesis: An Extracellular Protein Produced by Staphylococcus Hominis Strain αM with Antimicrobial Activity Against Mycobacterium SPP, Sandra May Jacobsen
Thesis: A Phenomenological Inquiry Into the Nature of the Sacred, Ana Maria Janssen
Dissertation: The Impacts of External Nutrient Sources on Marine Phytoplankton in an Eastern Shore Sea-Side Estuary, Claudette Lajoie Jenkins
Dissertation: A Comparison of Cognitive Development Between Whites and African Americans Based on William Perry's Scheme of Intellectual and Ethical Development, Joan Johnson
Thesis: A Study on the Effects of the N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequence on the Activation of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Protease, Hidayah Muhammad Kendall
Thesis: Encystment, Excystment and Photosynthetic Activity in the Temporary Cysts of Amphidinium carterae, Steven R. Kibler
Dissertation: A Coupled Bio-Optical and Mixed Layer Model for the Equatorial Pacific, James Vincent Koziana
Dissertation: Evolution and Devolution: The Dynamics of Sovereignty and Security in Post-Cold War Europe, Thomas M. Lansford
Dissertation: Elasto-Plastic Responses of Buried Pipeline Systems Under Wave Propagation, Yuean-Chen Lau
Thesis: Benthic Community Analysis of Hog Island Bay, Virginia, David James Lewis
Thesis: Effects of Organic Matter and Iron-Rich Clay on Mobility of Trace Metals From Flue Dust Contaminated Soil, Scott Ephraim Lewis
Dissertation: Fairness in Chinese Organizations, Kai-Guang Liang
Dissertation: Perceptions of Childhood Relation with Parents Related to Current Functioning, Peter O. Lielbriedis